Euroscaptor

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Euroscaptor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Euroscaptor
Species

7 recognized species, see article.

Euroscaptor is a genus of mammal in the Talpidae family. Members are found in China, Japan and other countries of South and Southeast Asia. It contains the following eight species to date:

  • Greater Chinese Mole (Euroscaptor grandis)
  • Kloss's Mole (Euroscaptor klossi)
  • Long-nosed Mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
  • Malaysian Mole (Euroscaptor malayana) [1]
  • Himalayan Mole (Euroscaptor micrura)
  • Japanese Mountain Mole (Euroscaptor mizura)
  • Small-toothed Mole (Euroscaptor parvidens)
  • Euroscaptor subanura [2]

References

  1. Redescription of the Malaysian Mole as to be a true species Euroscaptor malayana
  2. Kawada, S-I., et al. (2012). "A new species of mole of the genus Euroscaptor (Soricomorpha, Talpidae) from northern Vietnam". Journal of Mammalogy 93 (3): 839–850. doi:10.1644/11-MAMM-A-296.1. 


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